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Education
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RUBY MILNE

Clayfield,QLD

Summary

Professional leader with comprehensive background in regional management, with a strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Utilises strategic planning and leadership to drive performance and operational improvements. Track record of fostering effective team collaboration and delivering consistent results.


Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Regional Manager

LSKD
01.2025 - 06.2025
  • Enhanced team performance by providing regular coaching, training, and performance feedback to staff members.
  • Collaborated with executive leadership to establish long-term objectives, drive growth initiatives, and align regional efforts with corporate goals.
  • Promoted a culture of continuous improvement through ongoing process reviews, employee engagement initiatives, and open channels of communication.
  • Evaluate the performance of each store and their store manager through LSKD objectives & benchmarks.
  • Recruit customer focused team members.
  • Manage store costs through effective rostering, shrinkage control and implementation of a high standard of customer experience.
  • Coach, educate and support rollout of key community events and activations throughout the Region.
  • Evaluate and provide key product insights and impact reflective of community engagement and sell through.
  • Established and maintained high levels of Visual Merchandising execution and presentation through the use of merchandising skills and product life cycle and sell through knowledge.
  • Mentored and developed high-potential employees for leadership roles through individualized career development plans and opportunities for growth.

Piercing Operations Manager - APAC

Lovisa
03.2024 - 01.2025
  • Supervised operations staff and kept employees compliant with company policies and procedures.
  • Evaluate the performance of each market to understand and influence key areas of

opportunity.

  • Building and implementation of strategies to enhance piercing performance.
  • Process, marketing & asset building and implementation.
  • Event planning and execution.
  • Provide market wide support for Piercing services.
  • Conducted regular performance reviews, identifying areas for improvement and developing action plans to address them.
  • Developed and maintained relationships with external vendors and suppliers.

Senior Regional Manager - Queensland

Lovisa
01.2018 - 03.2024
  • Managed AA, A, B & C Grade stores across QLD
  • Evaluate the performance of each store and their store manager through Lovisa objectives & benchmarks.
  • High focus on people development and upskilling.
  • Recruit customer focused team members.
  • Manage store costs through effective rostering, shrinkage control and implementation of a high standard of customer experience.
  • Implement and oversee effective sales motivational tools daily.
  • Action region wide rosters and payroll approvals.
  • Stocktake coordinator and trainer.
  • Qualified piercing trainer.
  • Provide statewide support for people management, state planning and growth.
  • Enhanced regional sales by implementing effective strategies and collaborating with the team.

Store Manager - Brisbane

Lovisa
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Senior Team member from 2014 - 2015. Store Manager from 2015 - 2018.
  • Implementation of store’s daily/weekly/monthly targets, LFL growth and general tracking.
  • Achieve monthly growth on previous year’s sales.
  • Track sales hourly using the store diary.
  • Continuously improve on all company KPI’s through customer experience.
  • Coach, mentor & develop Team Members to achieve set sales targets.
  • 100% full and up to date planograms and promotions up to date.
  • Implementation of company tools to train and achieve exceptional customer experience.
  • Training team members how to style customers with the Lovisa Style Steps - using drills and regular coaching.
  • Professionally resolve all customer complaints, ensure the customer leaves happy on every occasion by listening, understanding the situation and finding a resolution.

Administrator - Temp

Manpower
01.2014 - 02.2014
  • Assisted in consulting and recruiting of candidates and registration process.
  • Filing and management of candidate and client database.
  • Processing and updating information via in-house software including FastTrack, FieldGlass and Office Suite.
  • Diary and task management.

Administrator

Rio Tinto/ Pacific Aluminium – Boyne Smelters Ltd.
01.2011 - 01.2013
  • Utilised in-house contractor management system and other IT processes including FieldGlass, SAP Business Costing Tools & Office Suite.
  • Organisation and administration of Boyne Smelters induction program.
  • General office HR.
  • Management of contractor qualifications records and liaising with contractors for updating of records including licences and business information.
  • Managed web based inductions for contractors and employees.
  • General administration and filing.
  • Dealt with a fast paced and high pressured environment.

Education

Certificate 3 - Business Administration

Grade 12 Certificate of Completion -

Skills

  • Team Management
  • Stakeholder Relationships
  • Compliance Management
  • Business & Sales Reports
  • Training & Development
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Budget Control
  • Sales Training & Management
  • Strategic planning
  • Performance management
  • Operational management

Timeline

Regional Manager

LSKD
01.2025 - 06.2025

Piercing Operations Manager - APAC

Lovisa
03.2024 - 01.2025

Senior Regional Manager - Queensland

Lovisa
01.2018 - 03.2024

Store Manager - Brisbane

Lovisa
01.2015 - 01.2018

Administrator - Temp

Manpower
01.2014 - 02.2014

Administrator

Rio Tinto/ Pacific Aluminium – Boyne Smelters Ltd.
01.2011 - 01.2013

Grade 12 Certificate of Completion -

Certificate 3 - Business Administration

RUBY MILNE